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a UNITED sTATns PATENT ornion.

i LOUIS SCHINGRUBER,` OF NEW YORK,` N. Y.

SHOE-HORN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,445, dated August 1, 1854.

To all whom t may concern j Be it known that I, LOUIS SGHWINGROU- BER,of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented and made a newand useful Improvement in Slips for` Putting on Shoes; and I doherebydeclare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of theConstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making partofthis specification, whereini Figures l and2 Vare perspectivel views of the spring slip complete. Fig. 3,represents the same as opened ready for use. Figs. 4 and 5 represent the`separate parts `of the spring and slip. Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 representthe separate parts as t-hey are out o-ut `or stamped ready to be bentinto the required shapeby dies or similar means, and Fig. l0 shows thespring slip as in use. `The like marks ofreferenoe denote the sameparts.

The nature of mysaid invention consists in the use of a spring clamp incombination with the shoe slip by means of which the back of the shoe issecurely held while being pulled onto the. foot, and the metallic slipguides the heel down into place the same as an ordinary shoe horn orslip.

a, `is a metallic plate. I prefer brass,

stamped or eut out nearly in the shape of that shown in Fig. 6, the ears3, 3, of which are turned up, and the part 1 formed con- Cave as shown,and the part 2 forms a place to take hold of. Through the ears 3 I.insert a pin 4, that forms a fulerum Vfor a spring clamp b, the metalfor which is out out in the shape shown in Fig. 9, or nearly so, andonto this clamp I rivet a hinge piece 5, which surrounds the wire 4, andforms `a fulerum for said spring clamp. The end7 of the spring `clamp bis made concave to correspond with the part l of the slip a, and the end6 is turned back and takes against the plate a, toward the fulerum 4.When this spring is to be used, the part 8 is to be pressed toward thepart 2, which opens t-he jaws 7 and l, into which the back `part of theshoe is to be inserted, as seen in lITig. 10, and the spring allowed toclamp and hold the shoe, while being drawn on, by taking hold of thepart 2 of the slip a.

This improvement is more especially useful for the shoes of ladies andchildren than for any others.

I am aware that spring clamps of various `kinds have been used, but I:am not aware that a spring clamp Z), formed in the manner herein shownhas been used with the shoe slip a, as set forth therefore Vhat I desireto secure by Let-ters Patent isl I claim the spring clamp Z), withiitsoonoave holding jaw 7, in combination with the shoe slip a, the partsbeing constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature this fth day ofJuly, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. TERRELL, THOMAS G. HAROLD.

